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fireproofing was a priority (Note: the SS America and SS United States shared the same designer - William Francis Gibbs). Not sure about the SS America, but at least on the SS Unit…

A violist I knew had a viola from the 1500’s that was originally a viola da gamba that had been cut down a couple hundred years ago (somewhat; was still pretty large for a viola). …

Tesla allows you to send an address from the Maps app to your car (via the share menu). It’s one of my favorite features. I have no idea why other manufacturers wouldn’t replicate …

Try Turo. There tend to be quite a few Teslas there. https://turo.com/

There were actually aircraft designed by the US to match the Tu-160 At the risk of “arguing with someone on the internet”, I think you may have your chronology backwards, since it …

Reminds me of the S.S. Normandie https://boats.drivemag.com/features/the-golden-era-of-transa...

A conventional helicopter might not need to drive the tail rotor mechanically in this manner for much longer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJUgmeSYox4

In many ways I like TablePlus, but at least on MySQL, I'm not fond that it single-quotes all data types in the "Copy Rows As > SQL Import Statement", including decimals and integer…

Imagine you tried to subject your computer to extreme physical conditions - every combination of humidity, heat, cold, pressure, submergence in liquid, dropped, bent, etc, for 18 h…

So, a friend of mine who’s a pharmacologist explained that one to me. When drug test subjects take medication, they’re expected to note any side-effects they suffer from, and that …

...how do you keep a book from being interpreted You pose an interesting question - one you'd think a god would be able to answer, especially if that god supposedly created us. In …

On an iOS device, enable Settings>Messages>"Send as SMS" to have it automatically fall over to SMS when iMessage isn't sending properly.

Reminds me of the carbon fiber loom Toyota came up with for making the Lexus LFA. http://youtu.be/AScfESzQzIQ

I believe it will be important in the architectural and 3D design fields, particularly when interacting with lay people. In the architecture industry, for example, the most common …

Very cool museum; they have some incredible stuff. However, the "Blackbird" you mention isn't actually an SR-71, it's an M-21 - a variant of one of the CIA's A-12's (the SR-71's pr…